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Take a trip this week with @lycheefrut as they send us down the rabbit hole with a psychedelic mix for your ears!
//about the mix
"This mix is inspired by some of the darker, more techno-oriented parties I've DJed recently - specifically in Brooklyn at Basement and for Yearn at Trans-Pecos, where I feel like I was basking in the afterglow of the trippy-but-playful energy of No Way Back and The Bunker parties in Detroit in May. It still feels like a bit of a novelty to create mixes based on in-person dancefloors again and it's nice to be able to connect some of these tracks and blends to specific moments and memories that I can feel viscerally in my body."
//about the artist
“Lychee is a thoughtful, bubbly raveworld fixture. A colorful and perpetually exploratory DJ and event organizer, they manifest underground energy with a magical, scintillating take on technoid psychedelia and relentless, meaningful inquiry. Lychee elegantly runs Spontaneous Affinity (@spontaneousaffinity), a monthly mix and interview series, annual zine, and occasional event platform. A voracious reader and writer, they ever-thoughtfully explore human experience and interconnectedness through words, soundwaves, and the expansive, wobbling pulse of the dancefloor.” -words by Furtive
Lychee got their start as a radio DJ for WMFO, Tufts' college radio station, in 2007. Since starting to play out in 2012, they have played alongside artists like Takaaki Itoh, Objekt, Rrose, Legowelt, Claude Young, and Honey Soundsystem. In addition to playing out, Lychee has organized DJ/producer skillshare events, taught DJ workshops, and curated a speaker event about inclusivity in music technology.
//tracklist
1. Sonic Youth - Tunic (Song for Karen) [DGC]
2. Psyk - A Moment Before [Tresor, 2019]
3. Ness - Transilient [Navigare Audio, 2022]
4. Pris - Sulphur City [Empathy Corp, 2019]
5. Sciahri - Resin [Non Series, 2022]
6. Clinical Hates - Wrath of Silence [D.M.T. Records, 2019]
7. Nasty King Kurl - Devonian [Pinkman, 2022]
8. Tripeo & Cadans - Non PC [Tripeo, 2020]
9. Phase Fatale - Hazer (Guilt Attendant Remix) [Hospital Productions]
10. Furtive - Tephra [Mild Fantasy, 2022]
11. John Tejada - Shattered [Palette Recordings, 2022]
12. Marmion - Marmion's Island Part 2 - The Unknown Territory [Superstition, 1995]
13. Felix K - Akkumulator (Levi Reinterpretation) [Nullpunkt, 2022]
14. Mara - Doom Quest [X-Kalay, 2022]
15. Steffi & Sepehr - Murder 2.0 [Klakson, 2022]
16. Sciahri - Dead Waves [Trauma Collective, 2022]
17. Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing (Om Unit Remix) [31 Records, 2014]
18. WTCHCRFT - TEMPER FUSE [Sorry Records, 2021]
19. Marco Shuttle - Il Serpente Cosmico [Incienso, 2021]
20. Slikback x Objekt - APEX [Slikback, 2021]
21. Israel Vines - Downing [Tresor, 2021]
22. Donato Dozzy - Synthi Chase [Tresor, 2021]
23. Wata Igarashi - Roar [WIP, 2022]
24. Alex Falk - SLR [ESP, 2021]
25. Alien D - Tripper (Drummy Remix) [Sorry Records, forthcoming]
26. Sister Zo - Afraid 2 Make A Move [3024, 2022]
27. Bambounou - Solal [femme culture, 2022]
28. Reade Truth - Night House (Acid to Body) [Sonic Groove, 2022]
29. Robert Hood - Hard To Kill [M-Plant, 1998]
30. Devoye - For Your Freedom [self-released, 2022]
31. Blacklauren - Teocalli [Unimatrix Zero, 2022]
//artwork by @stiborski
- Genre
- Psychedelic techno